Sunday Reflection

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Between Heaven and Earth

Apr 14, 2019

And they raised Him up on a cross. He was between heaven and earth. On the ground, yet raised up to the sky. He was with His People, with Us, but He was also with His Father.
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Throwing Stones

Apr 07, 2019

The Lord is not concerned about what sins we have committed. He is not concerned with which commandments we have broken. He is only concerned about what these sins are doing to us.
Fourth Sunday of Lent: The Prodigal Son and Beyond

Mar 31, 2019

This Sunday we have the parable of the Prodigal Son or, as it is sometimes called, the Parable of the Forgiving Father.
Third Sunday of Lent: There is still time

Mar 24, 2019

Sometimes, when I speak with people preparing for marriage, I feel like a life insurance salesman. I tell them that you really need to have life insurance just in case something horrible happens.
Second Sunday of Lent: On being transfigured

Mar 17, 2019

Today’s readings help us to refocus on the spiritual in our lives, to refocus on the mystical. The mystery of God has entered human history in the covenant God made with this wandering Armenian, Abram, whom He now names Abraham.
First Sunday of Lent: Selfishness, power, pride and the journey of our lives

Mar 10, 2019

Jesus showed a power greater than the power of the world. He showed us the Power of the Cross. He let himself be crucified to restore God’s love to the world.
US State Department awards Irish nun for education work in South Sudan

Mar 09, 2019

An Irish nun who has been working to educate girls in South Sudan for the past eleven years is among the recipients of this year’s U.S. State DepartmeAn Irish nun who has been working to educate girls in South Sudan for the past eleven years is among the recipients of this year’s U.S. State Department International Women of Courage awards.
Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time: Some Aphorisms of the Lord

Mar 03, 2019

Can a blind man act as a guide to a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch? People cannot teach until they have learned. This is true in every aspect of life, but particularly in the Church.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Making his compassion real

Feb 24, 2019

I want to begin by telling you about Rocky Mallardi. It has been quite a while since Rocky Mallardi passed away, probably about twenty-four years or more.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trust in the Lord

Feb 17, 2019

In the first reading for this Sunday, Jeremiah says, “Cursed be he who trusts in human beings.” It is impossible to create an ideal society if that society does not have God as its foundation, its heart and its end.